Automated Options Trading #3: Cloning bots to test popular stock symbols

[@txbgould]

I am running a similar bot but it opens 10 position on the same day. Results have been great but different than what you are seeing with one per day.

[@davidjacques7852]

Thanks for running this experiment with us Kirk! With the recent enhancement to "Analyze", would it be a good idea to tag the ETF's with something different than the individual symbols to allow for a quick analysis later?

[@OptionAlpha]

Yeah you could tag each position as 'etf' or 'stock' - that's one way to do it. Or in the Analyze tab now you can filter results by symbols so it might be easier just to included or exclude ETFs manually when looking at performance vs. doing tagging in this case.

[@flamboyant505]

Can the bot trade options strategy like butterflys. If yes is it inbuilt or is it manually constructed?

[@OptionAlpha]

We currently support iron butterflies yes; regular butterflies not yet.